Dennis Erb, Jr. celebrates in victory lane after scoring Thursday night’s Winter Nationals victory for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Thursday night at East Bay Raceway Park. Photo by Rich Schwallie Photography
Dennis Erb, Jr. earned his first victory of the season on Thursday Night at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, FL.
Erb, Jr. had a fierce battle all race long and finally overtook Billy Moyer for the lead with seven laps to go in the 38th Annual Winternationals event. Trailing Erb, Jr. and Moyer to the checkers were Jimmy Owens, Scott Bloomquist, and Brandon Sheppard.
“It feels great to beat Billy (Moyer) here and get a win for C.J. Rayburn and Rayburn Race Cars. The last few years we’ve really ran well here,” Erb, Jr. said in victory lane. “We just got this car at the beginning of January and rushed to get it together to bring it down to Golden Isles and East Bay. When he (Moyer) started running that high-line through one and two, I thought maybe I had a shot at him.
“We got by him a couple of times early on, but never took the lead at the flag stand. Those couple of cautions there really helped me. Then he (Moyer) started going up the track in turn two to get around that hole up there. We stayed glued to the bottom and eventually we were able to get by him.”
Erb, Jr. earned his fifth career win at East Bay Raceway Park. The win was the first at East Bay for a Rayburn Race Cars entry since Mike Marlar won in 2010.
Moyer was looking for his second straight victory at the 38th Winternationals, but it was not to be. When Erb, Jr. made the winning pass, he took off and Moyer was never able to regain the top spot again.
“Hats off to him (Erb, Jr.), he drove a good race,” said Moyer. “If we kept running through turn two like it was, we were not going to finish the race. So I entered turn one high and continued through two in the same line, but his car was good on the bottom, and I couldn’t get back around him.”
Owens settled for third as the 3-time and defending series champion had his best finish of the season.
“Our car was off a tick and we weren’t going to beat Dennis or Billy tonight,” he said. “We had a good race with Scott (Bloomquist) for a long time. The car is getting better and hopefully tomorrow night we will have it dialed in.”
Completing the top ten were Davey Johnson, Steve Francis, Eddie Carrier, Jr., Devin Moran, and Bobby Pierce.
In preliminary action, Erb, Jr. set the overall Miller Welders Fast Time (Group B) amongst the ¬48 entrants, with a lap of 14.094 seconds. Moyer set the fastest time in Group A with a time of 14.253 seconds. Moyer, John Blankenship, Erb, Jr., and Davey Johnson won their respective heat races. Don O’Neal and Mark Whitener won their respective B-Mains.
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38th Annual Winter Nationals
East Bay Raceway Park – Tampa, FL
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series – Feb. 13, 2014
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1. Dennis Erb, Jr.
2. Billy Moyer
3. Jimmy Owens
4. Scott Bloomquist
5. Brandon Sheppard
6. Davey Johnson
7. Steve Francis
8. Eddie Carrier, Jr.
9. Devin Moran
10. Bobby Pierce
11. John Blankenship
12. Jared Landers
13. Don O’Neal
14. Kenny PettyJohn
15. Nick Davis
16. Mark Whitener
17. Jason Riggs
18. Ray Cook
19. Earl Pearson, Jr.
20. Brian Shirley
21. Billy Moyer, Jr.
22. Chad Hollenbeck
23. Gregg Satterlee
24. Jason Hughes
25. Vic Coffey
26. Eric Jacobsen
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